American Battlefield Trust

Buddy Secor

Stop Prince William County from Destroying Hallowed Ground

Join us in defending American history and stop the catastrophic destruction of Manassas and The Wilderness battlefields!

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Battle of Brandywine Animated Map

Washington’s plan. Howe’s surprise. Our latest Animated Map tells the story behind the fog-shrouded clash that nearly changed the course of the Revolution.

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David Davis

86 Acres Saved at Wyse Fork Ahead of Battle's 160th Anniversary

A new bypass threatened this treasure of the Tar Heel State, but now 86 acres at the site of the second largest battle in North Carolina are preserved forever.

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Buddy Secor

Preserve 161 Acres at Five Western Theater Battlefield Tracts!

Help the Trust save 161 acres across consequential Western Theater battlefields — Fort Heiman and Fort Henry, Brown’s Ferry/Chattanooga, Spring Hill, and Bentonville.

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Mike Talplacido

Revolutionary Georgia

While Georgia’s Civil War history looms large, it also saw fierce divides during the Revolutionary War. Our latest issue of Hallowed Ground uncovers the battles, betrayals and bold resistance that shaped the state’s fight for independence.

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On May 20, 1864, photographer James Gardner captured one of the Civil War’s most iconic images of wounded Union soldiers at a Fredericksburg hospital. Join Garry Adelman and Kris White at the scene.

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Seminary Ridge, Gettysburg National Military Park, Pa.

You can save this land, including the same groves of trees that sheltered troops as the fighting raged near Seminary Ridge on the first day of Gettysburg.

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